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This guide is for registered or incorporated businesses that still need a digital adoption plan after CDAP and want to understand what to prepare before choosing a funding or implementation path.

Registered and incorporated businesses still need a clear digital adoption plan when they want to compare funding, financing, implementation, training, and self-funded build options.

What incorporated businesses should prepare

  • Basic company information, operating location, industry, revenue range, and team size.
  • The workflow that needs improvement and the business reason it matters now.
  • Current systems, subscriptions, spreadsheets, documents, and manual steps.
  • Business goals such as faster response, fewer errors, better reporting, stronger compliance, or higher productivity.
  • Implementation budget, timeline, internal owner, staff training needs, and supplier roles.

Questions to answer before applying or buying

  • Is the project mainly planning, implementation, training, financing, or technical experimentation?
  • Which workflow will change first: sales, operations, documents, reporting, customer service, production, or finance?
  • Which records are trusted enough for automation or AI support?
  • What privacy, cybersecurity, approval, or human-review rules are required?
  • What metric would prove the project worked after 30 to 90 days?

What replaced the old CDAP mindset

The practical path is now to compare options: DMAP or TDP where eligible, BDC LIFT where the business and project fit, SR&ED review for technical uncertainty, cloud provider credits for experimentation, partner training, or a self-funded implementation sprint.

Program terms can change. Confirm current eligibility through official sources such as BDC’s CDAP notice, OCI’s Digital Competence Centre, and BDC LIFT.

Where Digid fits

Digid helps incorporated businesses assess the workflow, prepare evidence, compare routes, and create a project scope that is ready for funding review or implementation. The output is a practical plan: what to assess, what to build, what to govern, and what to measure first.

Useful next step

If the business already has an AI, automation, cloud, software, or productivity project in mind, start with a short readiness review. The review should clarify the workflow, evidence, budget range, governance gaps, and which support path is worth checking before money is spent.

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